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The World Through Lisa Kristine’s Lens
Humanitarian and fine art photographer Lisa Kristine chats with Girls That Roam about photographing cultures around the world, modern day slavery and seeing it all through the lens of her camera
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A Rummymoon at Sea
Do you hate cruising? For years, I thought I did, too. I went on a transatlantic cruise as a teenager, and by about the fourth overcast, 50°F day, I was scanning the horizon for icebergs, because an emergency evacuation would at least have been something to do.
Years later, I went on a booze cruise out of Los Angeles. That jaunt didn’t include much time on land, either. When we did disembark, it was in Ensenada, Mexico, which is essentially a dusty, tequila-soaked suburb of San Diego whose name, I’m pretty sure, means “three-day hangover” in Spanish.
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The Sex and The City Tour Is Sexsational!
Getting onto the bus filled with groups of best friends, one token Mr. Big and Super G, for the Fabulous Sex and the City Tour put on by On Location Tours I was flashing back to my single girl days with one of my besties and former roomie, Erica.
Every Sunday night we ordered in, had our drinks in hand and made sure we were on time for Sex and the City. Erica could always guess what Carrie’s hypothesis for the week was. I was willingly along for the ride as each story unfolded.
Each of us saw a piece of ourselves in Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha as we played out our own SATC in the Gay Mecca dating men, women and everything in between and of course chasing our careers and fashion.
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Belinda Carroll’s Knack For Being Funny
The café in the Pacific Northwest coastal town was shaking with laughter as Portland-based comedian Belinda Carroll delivered the laughs straight up (so-to-speak) during the first annual EDEN Pacific Northwest.
This year the Portland-based comedian is back as a part of the comedic crew – that includes Julie Goldman and D’Lo – to deliver those punch lines that will leave the women doubled over in laughter during the all-girl weekend getaway in Seaside, Oregon, October 2 – 5.
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D’Lo Knows No Boundaries In Comedy and Travel
It doesn’t hurt having friends in many places, especially if your life consists of being on the road much of the time, at least that’s what comedian D’Lo has found.
Knowing artists and activists in different cities allows the queer Tamil Sri L.A.nkan-American to not feel like such an outsider, he says.
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Doing Disney Right
Remember the 1983 movie National Lampoon’s Vacation? The one where Chevy Chase and family drive halfway across the country to ride some roller coasters and when they finally get to Walley World it turns out to be… (SPOILER!)…closed?
Re-watching that movie recently, I couldn’t stop myself from shrieking at the screen, “Why didn’t you check the website before you left?!” (I know; 1983, but that’s still barely an excuse.)
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Julie Goldman Loves Making the Ladies Laugh
Comedian Julie Goldman is coming to women across the US live. All summer long she’s been making women laugh at the plethora of women’s weekends that have sprung up alongside longstanding favorite women’s summer getaways.
If you haven’t gotten a chance to Julie this summer, it’s not too late! Julie loves the summers with all of the women’s weekends that get kicked off by The Dinah in Palm Springs, California and flow through the US, Europe and beyond the northern hemisphere to the beginning of fall.
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Iconic Sheila E Beats To Her Own Drum
Sheila Escovedo, better known as Emmy and Grammy nominated Sheila E, is singing her own songs and drumming to her own beat these days.
Sheila E hit it big in the 1980s with songs “The Glamorous Life,” “A Love Bizarre,” and her collaboration with her friend and former lover Prince, “Erotic City.”
The Oakland native, who currently lives in Los Angeles, is following up the released her latest album, Icon, at the beginning of the summer with her tell-all memoire, The Beat of My Own Drum: A Memoir, available September 2.
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Rev Up Your Engines: The Missouri Ozarks Offer Five Enticing Motorcycle Routes
Motorcycle enthusiasts can add a new trail to their list this fall, Missouri introduced the Ozark Hellbender.
Following in the tradition of North Carolina’s Tail of the Dragon and Tennessee’s Devil’s Triangle the ride had to have a catchy name to entice motorcyclists throughout the U.S. and the world to experience the scenic, stomach-churning roadway with plenty of sharp “twisties” and long, banked “sweepers.”
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A Riveting Story
The words “Experimental” and “National Park” don’t normally go together, but they do at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, (1414 Harbour Way S., Richmond, CA; 510-232-5050; http://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm) a place not quite like any other national park or historical monument.
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Taste Seattle Food Tours Goes To The Beach
Alki Beach is where sun-seekers flock to enjoy a summer day at the beach and take advantage of breath taking panoramic views of the Seattle cityscape and the Olympic Mountains. It’s also a vibrant neighborhood with some foodie gems and rich with history and a beach culture all its own.
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6 Places for Foggy Picnics in San Francisco
When visitors in other cities swelter in summer’s heat and picnic plans are abandoned for air conditioned cafes, San Francisco’s typical weather report is an invitation to gather up the picnic basket, blanket and head out. For a new take on the traditional picnic lunch in the sun, visitors can orchestrate their al fresco dining around San Francisco’s fabulous spectacle of summer fog.
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